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Chemistry research in India 'still not in big league'
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2017 — filed under:
Despite an increase in research output and international collaboration, chemistry research, "the central science", in India is "still not in the big league", an analysis has revealed.
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Blog Entry Comments on the Right to Information Rules, 2017
by Amber Sinha — published Apr 27, 2017 — filed under: , ,
On March 31st, 2017, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training released a Circular framing rules under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Rules”). The Ministry invited comments on on the RTI Rules. CIS submitted its comments on April 25, 2017.
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Blog Entry Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India: Opportunities for Advocacy in Intellectual Property
by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda — published Apr 23, 2017 — filed under: , , ,
Centre for Internet & Society worked on a three part case study. The first case study on digital protection of traditional knowledge was published by GIS Watch in December 2016. The other two case studies along with the synthesis overview has also been published.
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NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 20, 2017 — filed under: , , ,
The NASA Space Data Challenge (Hillhacks Pre-event) will be hosted at the Centre for Internet & Society's Bengaluru office on Saturday, April 22, 2017 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Blog Entry Continuing community engagement: Communities of interest and Quarrying
by Manasa Rao — published Apr 18, 2017 — last modified May 19, 2017 03:23 PM — filed under: , , , ,
In telling the stories of Indian Wikipedians, we bring to you the story of Dr. Diptanshu Das, a doctor and avid Wikipedian, working with WikiProject Medicine who recently approached CIS-A2K with a technical request.
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Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Savitribai Phule Mahila Ekatma Samaj Mandal, Aurangabad
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Apr 13, 2017 — last modified Apr 19, 2017 11:44 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
A Marathi Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted at Savitribai Phule Mahila Ekatma Samaj Mandal in Aurangabad
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Blog Entry Digitisation, Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource Orientation Workshop at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal, Pune District
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Apr 04, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 08:37 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
A digitization workshop was held at Vigyan Ashram, following the success of the introductory workshop in February.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Indo - French Perspectives on Digital Studies
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2017 — filed under: ,
Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.
Located in Openness / News & Media
IDRC - Open Development Book - Authors' Workshop
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 29, 2017 — filed under: ,
Sumandro Chattapadhyay participated in the authors' workshop organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on March 11 and 12, 2017.
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National Consultation on OER for Higher Education
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 28, 2017 — filed under: ,
Anubha Sinha attended the National Consultative Meet on OER Policy for Higher Education in India held at New Delhi on March 3, 2017. The event was organized by CEMCA (Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia).
Located in Openness / News & Media
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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